{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"responsibility / competence","description":"Unlike simple task delegation, responsibility in a legal or organizational sense denotes the formally vested authority of a unit or agency to make specific decisions, take actions, and bear the consequences. In customs operations, it determines which authority may issue rulings, inspect documents, or grant release – and therefore who is liable when things go wrong. In freight forwarding, responsibility between shipper, forwarder, carrier, and consignee must be contractually defined: Who arranges","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/responsibility-competence","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-18T15:19:15.250549","citation":"https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Zust%C3%A4ndigkeit","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/responsibility-competence","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"responsibility / competence · Unlike simple task delegation, responsibility in a legal or organizational sense denotes the formally vested authority of a unit or agency to make specific decisions, take actions, and bear the consequences. · Quelle: https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Zust%C3%A4ndigkeit"}